Conference Standings and Champions 2009 Conference Standings .................... 2 Major-College Alignment History ........ 4 All-Time Conference Champions .......... 5 Discontinued Conferences ...................... 12 2 CONFERENCE StaNDINGS 2009 Conference Standings (Full-season records include postseason play; ties BIG 12 CONFERENCE mountain WEST conference in standings broken by full-season records unless Conference Full Season Conference Full Season otherwise noted.) North W L Pct. W L Pct. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Nebraska ......................... 6 2 .750 10 4 .714 TCU .................................... 8 0 1.000 12 1 .923 Missouri ........................... 4 4 .500 8 5 .615 BYU .................................... 7 1 .875 11 2 .846 Kansas St. ........................ 4 4 .500 6 6 .500 Utah .................................. 6 2 .750 10 3 .769 Football Bowl Subdivision Iowa St. ............................ 3 5 .375 7 6 .538 Air Force .......................... 5 3 .625 8 5 .615 Colorado ......................... 2 6 .250 3 9 .250 Wyoming ........................ 4 4 .500 7 6 .538 Kansas .............................. 1 7 .125 5 7 .417 UNLV ................................. 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE South San Diego St. ................. 2 6 .250 4 8 .333 Texas ................................. 8 0 1.000 13 1 .929 New Mexico ................... 1 7 .125 1 11 .083 Conference Full Season Colorado St. ................... 0 8 .000 3 9 .250 Atlantic W L Pct. W L Pct. Oklahoma St. ................ 6 2 .750 9 4 .692 Clemson .......................... 6 2 .750 9 5 .643 Texas Tech ...................... 5 3 .625 9 4 .692 Bowl Games (4-1): Air Force (1-0) defeated Houston, 47-20, Boston College ............. 5 3 .625 8 5 .615 Oklahoma ....................... 5 3 .625 8 5 .615 in Armed Forces Bowl; BYU (1-0) defeated Oregon St., 44-20, Florida St. ....................... 4 4 .500 7 6 .538 Texas A&M ...................... 3 5 .375 6 7 .462 in Las Vegas Bowl; TCU (0-1) lost to Boise St., 17-10, in Fiesta Wake Forest ................... 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 Baylor ............................... 1 7 .125 4 8 .333 Bowl; Utah (1-0) defeated California, 37-27, in Poinsettia North Carolina St. ...... 2 6 .250 5 7 .417 Big 12 Championship Game: Texas 13, Nebraska 12, Bowl; Wyoming (1-0) defeated Fresno St., 35-28 (2 ot), in Maryland ......................... 1 7 .125 2 10 .167 December 6, at Arlington, Texas. New Mexico Bowl. Coastal Bowl Games (4-3): Iowa St. (1-0) defeated Minnesota, Georgia Tech ................. 7 1 .875 11 3 .786 14-13, in Insight Bowl; Missouri (0-1) lost to Navy, 35-13, PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE Virginia Tech .................. 6 2 .750 10 3 .769 in Texas Bowl; Nebraska (1-0) defeated Arizona, 33-0, in Conference Full Season Miami (FL) ....................... 5 3 .625 9 4 .692 Holiday Bowl; Oklahoma (1-0) defeated Stanford, 31-27, Team W L Pct. W L Pct. North Carolina .............. 4 4 .500 8 5 .615 in Sun Bowl; Oklahoma St. (0-1) lost to Mississippi, 21-7, Oregon............................. 8 1 .889 10 3 .769 Duke ................................. 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 in Cotton Bowl; Texas A&M (0-1) lost to Geogia, 44-20, in Arizona............................. 6 3 .667 8 5 .615 Virginia ............................. 2 6 .250 3 9 .250 Independence Bowl; Texas Tech (1-0) defeated Michigan Oregon St. ...................... 6 3 .667 8 5 .615 ACC Championship Game: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34, St., 41-31, in Alamo Bowl. Stanford ........................... 6 3 .667 8 5 .615 December 5, at Tampa, Fla. Southern California .... 5 4 .556 8 4 .667 CONFERENCE USA California ......................... 5 4 .556 8 5 .615 Bowl Games (3-4): Boston College (0-1) lost to Southern Conference Full Season Washington ................. 4 5 .444 5 7 .417 California, 24-13, in Emerald Bowl; Clemson (1-0) defeated UCLA ................................. 3 6 .333 7 6 .538 Kentucky, 21-13, in Music City Bowl; Florida St. (1-0) defeated East W L Pct. W L Pct. Arizona St. ...................... 2 7 .222 4 8 .333 West Virginia, 33-21, in Gator Bowl; Georgia Tech (0-1) lost East Carolina .................. 7 1 .875 9 5 .643 Washington St. ............. 0 9 .000 1 11 .083 to Iowa, 24-14, in Orange Bowl; Miami (FL) (0-1) lost to UCF .................................... 6 2 .750 8 5 .615 Arizona (0-1) lost to Nebraska, 33-0, Wisconsin, 20-14, in Champs Sports Bowl; North Carolina Southern Miss. .............. 5 3 .625 7 6 .538 Bowl Games (2-5): in Holiday Bowl; California (0-1) lost to Utah, 37-27, in (0-1) lost to Pittsburgh, 19-17, in Meineke Car Care Bowl; Marshall ........................... 4 4 .500 7 6 .538 Poinsettia Bowl; Oregon (0-1) lost to Ohio St., 26-17, in Rose Virginia Tech (1-0) defeated Tennessee, 37-14, in Chick-fil-A UAB .................................... 4 4 .500 5 7 .417 Memphis ......................... 1 7 .125 2 10 .167 Bowl; Oregon St. (0-1) lost to BYU, 44-20, in Las Vegas Bowl; Bowl. West Southern California (1-0) defeated Boston College, 24-13, BIG EAST CONFERENCE Houston .......................... 6 2 .750 10 4 .714 in Emerald Bowl; Stanford (0-1) lost to Oklahoma, 31-27, in SMU ................................... 6 2 .750 8 5 .615 Sun Bowl; UCLA (1-0) defeated Temple, 30-21, in EagleBank Conference Full Season Tulsa .................................. 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 Bowl. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. UTEP .................................. 3 5 .375 4 8 .333 Cincinnati ....................... 7 0 1.000 12 1 .923 Rice .................................... 2 6 .250 2 10 .167 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh ....................... 5 2 .714 10 3 .769 Tulane ............................... 1 7 .125 3 9 .250 West Virginia.................. 5 2 .714 9 4 .692 Conference Full Season Rutgers ............................ 3 4 .429 9 4 .692 Conference USA Championship Game: East Carolina 38, East W L Pct. W L Pct. Connecticut ................... 3 4 .429 8 5 .615 Houston 32, December 5, at Greenville, N.C. Florida .............................. 8 0 1.000 13 1 .929 South Fla. ........................ 3 4 .429 8 5 .615 Bowl Games (2-4): East Carolina (0-1) lost to Arkansas, Georgia ............................ 4 4 .500 9 5 .643 Louisville ......................... 1 6 .143 4 8 .333 20-17 (ot), in Liberty Bowl; Houston (0-1) lost to Air Force, Tennessee ....................... 4 4 .500 7 6 .538 Syracuse .......................... 1 6 .143 4 8 .333 47-20, in Armed Forces Bowl; Marshall (1-0) defeated Ohio, South Carolina .............. 3 5 .375 7 6 .538 Kentucky ......................... 3 5 .375 7 6 .538 Bowl Games (4-2): Cincinnati (0-1) lost to Florida, 51-24, 21-17, in Little Caesars Pizza Bowl; SMU (1-0) defeated Vanderbilt ....................... 0 8 .000 2 10 .167 in Sugar Bowl; Connecticut (1-0) defeated South Carolina, Nevada, 45-10 in Hawaii Bowl; Southern Miss. (0-1) lost to 20-7, in Papajohns.com Bowl; Pittsburgh (1-0) defeated Middle Tenn., 42-32, in New Orleans Bowl; UCF (0-1) lost to West Rutgers, 45-24, St. Petersburg Bowl. Alabama .......................... 8 0 1.000 14 0 1.000 North Carolina, 19-17, in Meineke Car Care Bowl; Rutgers LSU .................................... 5 3 .625 9 4 .692 (1-0) defeated UCF, 45-24, in St. Petersburg Bowl; South Fla. Mississippi ...................... 4 4 .500 9 4 .692 (1-0) defeated Northern Ill., 27-3, in International Bowl; West MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE Arkansas .......................... 3 5 .375 8 5 .615 Virginia (0-1) lost to Florida St., 33-21, in Gator Bowl. Division Full Season Auburn ............................. 3 5 .375 8 5 .615 East W L Pct. W L Pct. Mississippi St. ................ 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 BIG TEN CONFERENCE Ohio .................................. 7 1 .875 9 5 .643 SEC Championship Game: Alabama 32, Florida 13, Conference Full Season Temple ............................. 7 1 .875 9 4 .692 December 5, at Atlanta. Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Bowling Green ............. 6 2 .750 7 6 .538 Ohio St. ............................ 7 1 .875 11 2 .846 Kent St. ............................. 4 4 .500 5 7 .417 Bowl Games (5-4): Arkansas (1-0) defeated East Iowa .................................. 6 2 .750 11 2 .846 Buffalo .............................. 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 Carolina, 20-17 (ot), in Liberty Bowl; Auburn (1-0) defeated Penn St. ............................ 6 2 .750 11 2 .846 Akron ................................ 2 6 .250 3 9 .250 Northwestern, 38-35 (ot), in Outback Bowl; Florida (1-0) Wisconsin ....................... 5 3 .625 10 3 .769 Miami (OH) ..................... 1 7 .125 1 11 .083 defeated Cincinnati, 51-24, in Sugar Bowl; Georgia (1-0) Northwestern ............... 5 3 .625 8 5 .615 West defeated Texas A&M, 44-20, in Independence Bowl; Kentucky Michigan St. ................... 4 4 .500 6 7 .462 Central Mich. ................. 8 0 1.000 12 2 .857 (0-1) lost to Clemson, 21-13, in Music City Bowl; LSU (0-1) Purdue ............................. 4 4 .500 5 7 .417 Northern Ill. .................... 5 3 .625 7 6 .538 lost to Penn St., 19-17, in Capital One Bowl; Mississippi Minnesota ...................... 3 5 .375 6 7 .462 Western Mich. ............... 4 4 .500 5 7 .417 (1-0) defeated Oklahoma St., 21-7, in Cotton Bowl; South Illinois ............................... 2 6 .250 3 9 .250 Toledo .............................. 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 Carolina (0-1) lost to Connecticut, 20-7, in Papajohns.com Michigan ....................... 1 7 .125 5 7 .417 Ball St. .............................. 2 6 .250 2 10 .167 Bowl; Tennessee (0-1) lost to Virginia Tech, 37-14, in Chick- Indiana ............................. 1 7 .125 4 8 .333 Eastern Mich. ............... 0 8 .000 0 12 .000 fil-A Bowl. Bowl Games (4-3): Iowa (1-0) defeated Georgia Tech, MAC Championship Game: Central Mich. 20, Ohio 10, 24-14, in Orange Bowl; Michigan State (0-1) lost to Texas December 4, at Detroit. Tech, 41-31, in Alamo Bowl; Minnesota (0-1) lost to Iowa St., Bowl Games (1-4): Bowling Green (0-1) lost to Idaho, 14-13, in Insight Bowl; Northwestern (0-1) lost to Auburn, 43-42, in Humanitarian Bowl; Central Mich.